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I want more adventure. lylaandblu: This ensemble is for the...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:10:37 -0400

I want more adventure.

This ensemble is for the ladies who strive for adventure, long for comfortability, & keep class in tact all whilst walking the coastline, sitting by the bonfire, or hiking through those mountain lines. Here, we bring an ever so favored layered look with brands from Madewell, Scotch & Soda, Barneys, Frye, and a Rucksack. Our goal by this first edition for Ladie’s Adventure Wear will give ideas and spark inspiration for the next time you pack up that backpack of yours and venture off to roam every which way. Design by Lyla & Blu: courtesy of Polyvore.

Inspired by: AWellTraveledWoman, thatKindofWoman,
EastAtlanta, Wit&Delight, HandcraftedinVirginia,
WetPaint, TheCoastalTheory & AbstractNumbers

"Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn."

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:56:37 -0500

““Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn.””

- C.S. Lewis (via thatkindofwoman)

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Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:38:34 -0400

"If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel— as far..."

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:33:52 -0400

“If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel— as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them— wherever you go.”

- Anthony Bourdain (via youngfolksociety)

This still sounds like good advice at twenty-three.

(via lostinamerica)

and 26 this is put perfectly

(via awelltraveledwoman)

and 25!

WOW. theworldwelivein: End of the day at François,...

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:27:52 -0400

WOW.

theworldwelivein:

End of the day at François, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
© Rick Gravelle

Two of the best things ever.

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:43:07 -0400

Two of the best things ever.

Hunting season again!

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:34:07 -0400

Hunting season again!

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Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:32:03 -0400

"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple."

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:53:02 -0400

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”

- Jack Kerouac (via deadwriters)

I want them all! Why won’t NYC Alliance for Animals...

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:21:59 -0400

I want them all!

Why won’t NYC Alliance for Animals finally give us a shelter dog? We have so much love to give them. And food. We may or may not have discussed buying filet mignon just for the dog. What? Rescue dogs have had crappy lives for the most part; they deserve some pampering. Lots of cuddles too, which Sonja and I are only too happy to provide.

"The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things..."

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:34:39 -0400

“The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated.”

- Katharine Hepburn (via thatkindofwoman)

"You didn’t sell your sense of humor on Craigslist to pay the rent, did you?"

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:17:57 -0400

“You didn’t sell your sense of humor on Craigslist to pay the rent, did you?”

- Daniel Demetri, one-liner extraordinaire

"the hardest period in life is one’s 20s. it’s a shame because you’re your most gorgeous and you’re..."

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:18:51 -0400

“the hardest period in life is one’s 20s. it’s a shame because you’re your most gorgeous and you’re physically in peak condition. but it’s actually when you’re most insecure and full of self-doubt. when you don’t know what’s going to happen, it’s frightening.”

- Helen Mirren in Esquire (via thatkindofwoman)

Also, I’d like to be friends with Helen Mirren. She seems awesome.

"…I wear boxers and a tank top. And by tank top I mean my Dayton Jewish Book Fair oversize..."

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:07:48 -0400

“…I wear boxers and a tank top. And by tank top I mean my Dayton Jewish Book Fair oversize t-shirt. I have two.”

- Franny pants, again. On a roll.

thatkindofwoman: Alan Rickman reads Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 My...

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:01:06 -0400

thatkindofwoman:

Alan Rickman reads Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask’d, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.

"When I have my wedding, you know, to my cat. Mr. Boots. Mrs. Frances Boots…. I’m going..."

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:29:17 -0400

“When I have my wedding, you know, to my cat. Mr. Boots. Mrs. Frances Boots…. I’m going to pay for my bridesmaids’ dresses.”

- Franny pants, on the annoying expense of weddings

I'm Frugal Even In My Dreams

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:37:30 -0400

For some reason, I’ve been having frightening dreams that mirror reality— they include people I spend a lot of time with, they take place in my apartment/neighbourhood or feel like they do (a few nights ago my “home” was accessible via one of those electrical closets on the subway platform for the F train). Last night, I dreamed that while waiting to meet a friend to go running this evening (which is actually happening), I stopped in a book store and found four books I desperately wanted to read. Because they were store models, they were deeply discounted down to between .36 cents and .80 cents. I gleefully trotted around the store holding my four books and ran into a host of people I knew, from my kickball team to my running partner, and as I rounded back to where I had originally found the books, they were suddenly gone from my hands.

Panicked, I began digging through the area where I’d found them, but only imitation books with similar covers were there— and being sold for $7.99 to $13.99. My cheap book dream crumbled and I had to let go. Before leaving, I did one last scan and saw that Gore Vidal was selling his branded Gore Vidal Comfort Blanket, which was actually a nicely striped fabric, which people were meant to wear around their necks to relieve the stress caused by the economy.

The only thing I can glean from this is that I have now embraced living cheaply in dream life as well as real life… and also that the recesses of my mind come up with some very strange things. The Gore Vidal Comfort Blanket?

Charlottesville, Virginia I journeyed to C-Ville for the first...

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:59:35 -0400

The Lawn

Tables at wedding

The beautiful lady of the day!

Charlottesville, Virginia

I journeyed to C-Ville for the first wedding of a close friend my age, which was eerie in and of itself as I still consider myself far too young for most things, let alone sealing my life to another person’s in holy matrimony. However, she and her now-husband had a gorgeous wedding and reception in Charlottesville and surrounding wine country, which brought me and the bride full circle.

We met, aged 15-16, at writer’s camp at UVa many summers ago. Since our angsty days in that hot summer sun, UVa had (rightfully) torn down our dilapidated dorm and replaced it with a brand new lab of some kind, but other than that had not changed much. The Lawn, where seniors (I hate when they say “fourth years”) get to live if they survive the limited lottery, is verdant and lush as always, and the architecture beautifully simple and functional.

The drive was killer, about 7 to 8 hours each way dependent on traffic, but was picturesque nonetheless once you got off the NJ Turnpike. I got to see my junior year roommate, newly transplanted there, and several friends from college. It was strange to see us all behaving well, dressed up like real adults and watching our friends get married. Of course we all have responsibilities and are each mature in our own right, but seeing a wedding of a friend your age certainly makes reflection of the weekend fairly more serious than just a good time with friends. Several people’s lives just changed in a huge way, and we witnessed it. And all in the utterly breathtaking view of the Virginia country and sunset, which just makes me feel comfortable and satisfied by its beauty.

This Almost Ruined My Year

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:23:20 -0400

This Almost Ruined My Year:

…until I read that they are only recommending deletion of the illustrious, useful, and FANTASTIC Oxford comma for internal Oxford University publications and releases. They still recommend it for public use. First of all, huge sigh of relief that I don’t have to start amending my sentences and word order to be more confusing. Second of all, Oxford University’s loss. Third of all, I have no idea why this issue of whether or not to use the Oxford, or serial, comma, is such a hot-button topic with me. I get irrationally upset that it might get snatched from my claws (obviously my hands turn into claws when I am angered by the grammar aristocracy). For now, it’s still mine! Muahaha. HELPFUL, LEGITIMATE COMMAS EVERYWHERE!

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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:10:16 -0400